All current gen MacBooks (and MBP's) can run photoshop flawlessly. Your friend just needs to make a decision on screen resolution.

That's true as long as you have plenty of RAM, 4GB is so cheap now i your working with photos or videos you'd be foolish not to upgrade._________________MacBook 1.83Ghz C2D, 2GB Ram, 160GB 7200rpm HDD, OS X 10.6.5
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